tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3166097455954772413..comments2015-08-01T20:00:30.377-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: A Hockey Game Broke OutJ. L. Bellnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-31794712886811984812012-05-22T13:00:15.158-05:002012-05-22T13:00:15.158-05:00From the 1906 book Old Boston Boys and the Games T...From the 1906 book Old Boston Boys and the Games They Played:<br /><br />&quot;Jamaica Pond was, far and away, the favorite and fashionable skating ground. Here, almost any afternoon or evening, when the ice was good, could be seen hundreds of skaters. Skating parties of Boston&#39;s elite were formed for visiting the pond, both by day and on moonlight evenings, and this custom remained popular for years. Here also was the boy&#39;s paradise for ice hockey; the boys frequently lined up fifty or more strong on a side, and the constant &quot;mix-ups&quot; that occurred, in which a hundred or more hockeys were flying about in reckless confusion, gave onlookers the decided impression that &quot;something was doing.&quot; Surely those of us now living who took part in them will feel our pulses beat a trifle quicker as we recall those hard fought contests on Jamaica Pond.&quot;<br /><br />Not as early as the references above, but this is an effort to look back at the past, so it may go back at least a generation.Mark B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.com